To make the transition to a more sustainable bio-based economy, new technologies and products will have to be developed. Nevertheless, it is essential to ensure- at an early stage of development- that emerging technologies and products present a genuine decrease of environmental burdens to guide investment and technology deployment towards a sustainable economy. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology that is well suited to assess the environmental performance of technologies. Prospective LCA is a type of LCA, which is forward-looking in nature, namely which specifically looks at the future environmental impacts related to technologies and their products. The Prospective LCA for Novel and Emerging Technologies for BIO-based products (PLANET BIO) JRC project assessed the state-of-the-art for a selection of relevant topics towards developing a prospective LCA methodology to tackle the challenges arising when dealing with emerging bio-based products (BbP).
CUCURACHI Stefano;
STEUBING Bernhard;
SIEBLER Flora;
NAVARRE Nicolas;
CALDEIRA Carla;
SALA Serenella;
2022-11-18
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC129632
978-92-76-56793-6 (online),
978-92-76-56855-1 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 31215 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-215-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-31-215-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129632,
10.2760/167543 (online),
10.2760/695092 (print),
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